Review: Brave by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Brave by Jennifer L. Armentrout
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from the author in exchange for my honest review.

Publication date: Dec. 11, 2017

After everything Ivy's been through, she's not sure if she will survive the mental and physical torture that she went through. Sure, she's alive, and she's not near the Prince anymore, but that doesn't mean that she is back to her normal self. Now she is guarded. From the strangers that she is staying with, to even Tink and Ren. Because as much as she would love to fall back into her normal routine, Ivy's life has changed forever, and she's not free and clear yet.

Not only that, but she is changing on the inside. She has cravings and darkness inside of her, and Ivy has no idea how to control it. It's driving her crazy.

And on top of everything else, she is surrounded by people who she doesn't trust, and also who don't trust her changes either. There is no way for Ivy to release this tension and frustration that she has rolling around inside of her, and she's going to crack.

The Prince is out there, and he's still looking for Ivy to be able to carry out his final plans. Ivy is going to have to figure out how to control herself, before it ends up costing her her life. And she's going to have to find a way to communicate about what is happening to her, before she ends up losing the two people in the world who mean the most to her.

Gah. This was a killer book. There was so much in here! At one point, I thought that everyone who has read this so far was lying and saying it was "done" with this book, because there was no way that things were going to get resolved when I only had 20% of the book left, and then I was going to be PO'ed!

But Armentrout gave a phenomenal book that was full of laughs, tears, heartbreak and an ending that will do. For now. :)

The title for book 2 was on par: Torn. Because Ivy and Ren were torn with their feelings throughout the novel. But it could have been the title for this book as well, because Ivy was torn between different cravings and urges and thoughts that she had with herself. If you thought that Ivy was having a mental breakdown during book 2 like I thought, you just wait until this novel because Ivy is going through a lot of emotions and she can't figure out a way to get past a lot of crap that she went through.

This book was about Ivy, completely. She had to find a way to push herself past her comfort zone and get back to the ambition of the Old Ivy. There were many great scenes with Ren and Tink, but this book is Ivy, from start to finish. And I loved that, because as much as I love the sexy or hilarious scenes, seeing Ivy be able to find herself again and to love herself was the best part. It shows the reader that you can go through anything, and still be able to find a way to be okay with yourself in the end.

There were a lot of twists and turns, a lot of surprises and OMG moments in this novel that will keep the reader on the roller coaster ride until the very last chapter. I think readers are going to be so happy with this last novel in the series, and we will be able to get a novella to see additional characters in fall 2018! Yay!! We will all be waiting on pins and needles for that!

I am so glad that I got a chance to read this book earlier, and I am so grateful that I get to read amazing books by Jennifer L. Armentrout because she has such amazing messages hidden in her books that can be completely relatable to us normal humans. ;)

I think everyone will love this book, and I cannot wait until the next JLA book comes out! (Because I am a greedy reader who takes, and takes, and takes :D But they are just so good!)

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